Happy Birthday to me!

So, as Grandma LaRille put it, I am a quarter of a century as of the 6th. I had a pretty good birthday. I had at first thought that my birthday would be really crappy since Shawn was going to be out of town on business. However, it turned out to be pretty good. It started when I called Shawn at 4am to make sure he got up on time and he answered the phone with a "Happy Birthday!" I was pretty impressed that at 4am he was coherent enough to remember. I don't know if I would have. I stayed at my parents house on Sunday night and my mom woke up early Monday morning and made me waffles for breakfast before she had to go to work. During breakfast I opened a card that my sweetie had left at my mom's knowing I would be there at some time on my B-day. He also gave me a gift card to my FAVORITE place - TaiPan Trading Company! Next I headed down to Lehi to have lunch with Grandma LaRille. We had a great time and Alex and I were spoiled rotten! Then I went back to my moms and got some birthday wishes and handmade cards from Lyndsie, Abby and Joslynn. My mom also made me dinner of chicken enchiladas. I got several phone calls during the day and when I got home I had several messages on my answering machine. I was able to talk to Shawn several times during the day. Shawn returned from his trip on Thursday night and was able to stay home on Friday to spend the day with me. We spent the day doing things I wanted to do. One thing we did was visit our friends Toshi and Justin and their new little daughter, Taija. She is so cute! Also, on Sunday before my birthday my mother-in-law insisted on giving me my present when I went over to watch a session of conference with Shawn's family. One thing I really love about my birthday is that is always falls near or on conference weekend. I loved conference (as usual) this year. We are going to read the talks again as a family when the Ensign comes out because Shawn didn't get to watch any conference with his work schedule in DC. Thanks to everyone that made the week Shawn was gone a good one. I don't know what I would have done without you all!